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   From: democrat.treason@latimes.com   
      
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   > front of the Washington Monument.   
      
   The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who   
   demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico   
   border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week, setting up a   
   legal showdown with the Biden administration over the country's   
   immigration policies.   
      
   Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security called on Texas   
   officials to stop blocking federal Border Patrol from entering Shelby   
   Park in Eagle Pass, an area next to the Rio Grande that the agency had   
   been using to hold and inspect migrants. The department said Texas' move   
   to commandeer the park was obstructing Border Patrol's obligations to   
   apprehend and process migrants.   
      
   The top lawyer at DHS, Jonathan Meyer, warned Texas Attorney General   
   Paxton over the weekend that the department would refer the matter to   
   the Justice Department for potential legal action if the state did not   
   relent.   
      
   In a scathing response to Meyer on Wednesday, Paxton indicated that   
   Texas would not back down, rejecting the Biden administration's   
   accusation that state's actions were "clearly unconstitutional."   
      
   "Because the facts and law side with Texas, the State will continue   
   utilizing its constitutional authority to defend her territory, and I   
   will continue defending those lawful efforts in court," Paxton wrote.   
      
   "Rather than addressing Texas's urgent requests for protection,   
   President Biden has authorized DHS to send a threatening letter through   
   its lawyers," Paxton added. "But Texas has lawyers, too, and I will   
   continue to stand up for this State's constitutional powers of   
   self-defense."   
      
   The Justice Department declined to comment on Paxton's letter.   
      
   Texas National Guard soldiers took control of Shelby Park in the middle   
   of last week, alarming federal authorities and local officials in Eagle   
   Pass, who said they did not approve the takeover of a city park.   
      
   While Texas said the abrupt move was designed to deter migrants from   
   crossing into the area illegally, the Biden administration has argued   
   the park's seizure has prevented Border Patrol agents from doing their   
   jobs, including during emergency situations.   
      
   Over the weekend, federal officials and a Texas congressman said Texas   
   National Guard soldiers barred Border Patrol agents from attempting to   
   render aid to a group of migrants in distress, including a woman and two   
   children who drowned. Texas officials denied the allegation, and the   
   Justice Department later clarified in a filing to the Supreme Court that   
   the drownings had already occurred when Border Patrol agents asked for   
   and were denied permission to enter Shelby Park to attempt to help other   
   migrants in distress.   
      
   Still, the Justice Department suggested the situation could have played   
   out differently if Texas had not sealed off Shelby Park.   
      
   "It is impossible to say what might have happened if Border Patrol had   
   had its former access to the area — including through its surveillance   
   trucks that assisted in monitoring the area," the Justice Department   
   said Monday. "At the very least, however, Border Patrol would have had   
   the opportunity to take any available steps to fulfill its   
   responsibilities and assist its counterparts in the Mexican government   
   with undertaking the rescue mission. Texas made that impossible."   
      
   While it's unclear whether the Justice Department will sue Texas to   
   regain federal control of Shelby Park, it has already alerted the   
   Supreme Court of the situation in a case regarding the razor wire the   
   state has set up to repel migrant crossings. The Justice Department is   
   asking the high court to suspend a lower court ruling that has generally   
   prohibited Border Patrol from cutting the wire to process migrants who   
   are already on American soil.   
      
   The Eagle Pass standoff is the latest flashpoint in a political battle   
   between Texas Gov. Greg Abott and President Biden over how the U.S.   
   should deal with migrant crossings, which have soared to record levels   
      
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